Travancore

The Kingdom of Travancore was an Indian kingdom that existed from 1729 to 1949, with Thiruvananthapuram serving as its capital for much of its history. The kingdom's founder was Marthanda Varma, who expanded the kingdom of Venad into Travancore from 1729 to 1758. He expanded the kingdom from Kanyakumari in the south to Kochi in the north, and the kingdom went to war with the United Provinces, culminating in a decisive victory at Colachel in 1741 and the drastic weakening of Dutch imperial power in the Indian Subcontinent. The kingdom often allied with the British East India Company against the Mysore and other rivals, but the state was made a British protectorate in 1795, and it later rebelled against the British from 1808 to 1809. Travancore was subjected to British rule until 1947, and it became a part of India in 1949.